Melatonin is often recommended as a natural sleep remedy. While it hasn't been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, it's widely considered safe and effective in alleviating transient ...

The answer is to try to train yourself to sleep on your back. You can also help to prevent fluid accumulation causing puffy eyes by keeping your head raised well above your body in bed.

Background: The purposes of this study are to document psychosocial stressors and medical conditions associated with development of insomnia in school-age children and to report use of hypnosis ...

Tossing and turning into the wee hours of the night? Willing yourself to go to sleep while lying wide awake? This can happen to any of us on a particularly bad night - perhaps before a big ...

The genetic history of sisters Carolyn Schear (at right) and Cheryl Dinges puts them at risk for fatal familial insomnia, a deadly inability to sleep. Schear learned she doesn’t carry the gene.

I recently downloaded the BetterSleep app and I have been listening to either a sleep meditation or a sleep hypnosis to drift off to sleep. I’ve found that it helps me to slow my thoughts and I got to ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series called “The Day Tomorrow Began,” which explores the history of breakthroughs at UChicago. Learn more here. All human beings need sleep. We spend a third of our ...

How Do You Train Yourself To Sleep On Your Back? Investing in a medium-firm mattress, placing a pillow underneath your legs, lying in a starfish position and using the right pillow for your neck ...

Sleep is the balm that soothes and restores after a long day. Sleep is largely driven by the body’s internal clock, which takes cues from external elements such as sunlight and temperature.

Here are some tips to help you get a good night's sleep during a period of high temperatures. 1. No napping Hot weather can make us feel a bit lethargic during the day. That is because we are ...

You’ll thank yourself later. You guessed it: stressing about not getting enough sleep and feeling exhausted will only make you more exhausted ... including listening to ‘soothing music,’ experimenting ...